Obituaries

Minneapolis Obituaries

Jane Ann Sweeney

Jane Ann Sweeney

Jul 27, 2025

Jane Ann (Mortenson) Sweeney of Stillwater, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2025, with her lifelong partner and beloved husband, John, by her side.

Jane is preceded in death by her parents, Al and Jo Mortenson; her dear sister, Mary Giles; and brother in law, Jim Sweeney.

Jane is survived by her husband of 53 yrs, Dr. John E. Sweeney; her brother,...

Janice Blankenship

Janice Blankenship

Jul 27, 2025

Jan passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 27, 2025 at the age of 76 surrounded by family. Proceeded in death by father, William Wright; mother, Gladys (Bill); brothers, Billy, Kenny, Sid; and sister, Sheila Geiske. Survived by children, Michael, Mark and Kimberly; and 11 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren.

Jen grew up in White Bear Lake and lived there most of...

Sang Truong

Sang Truong

Jul 27, 2025

Sang Thi Truong

Age 90 of Saint Paul, Minnesota, formerly of Binh Duong, Vietnam, passed away on July 27, 2025.

Funeral services for Ms. Sang Truong will be held on Tuesday, August 5 at Bradshaw (1078 Rice Street) with public visitation from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM and prayers from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Cremation to follow at Lakewood Crematory at 2:00...

Darlene Joyce

Darlene Joyce

Jul 26, 2025

Darlene Marie Cruikshank Joyce, a lifelong advocate for women in higher education and a dedicated administrator at the University of Minnesota, passed away on July 26, 2025, at the age of 80.

Darlene was born on December 23, 1944, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She spent much of her youth in California and especially cherished her summers at her grandfather's home in Santa...

Dale Oscar Richert

Dale Oscar Richert

Jul 26, 2025

Dale Oscar Richert, of Bayport, Minn., formerly of Stillwater Township, passed away on Saturday, July 26, at the age of 88, surrounded by his beloved family.

Dale is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Marilyn (Raduenz); three children, Lynn (Terra), Jeff (Maria) and Nancy (Marcus); grandsons Joe, Isaac, Nick, Alex and Lucas; nieces, nephews and friends. He is preceded...

Vernon Moline

Vernon Moline

Jul 25, 2025

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Born March 31st, 1929, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Louis and Amy Moline. They lived on the edge of Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis where Vern and his three siblings (Olivia, Carl and Ken) enjoyed a rich family life in the midst of The Great Depression. Vern and his brothers loved fishing with their Sweden-born father and...

Dennis Lehman

Dennis Lehman

Jul 23, 2025

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Dennis "Denny" James Lehman, 76, of Marine on St. Croix, MN, passed away unexpectedly on July 23, 2025.

A lifelong resident of Minnesota, Denny was born on December 29, 1948, to Betty and Leonard Lehman. He grew up in St. Paul, graduated from Harding High School, and began his lifelong career at 3M.

Denny met his wife Janice "Jan"...

Bruce Fournier

Bruce Fournier

Jul 23, 2025

Bruce E Fournier(Rabbitt)

Born in Hibbing, MN passed away on 7/23/2025 at the age of 74.

He is preceded in death by his parents Russel and Yvonne Fournier; brother Gary Ericson; sister Shelley Elfrink.

He is survived by his wife Marie; children Bobbi Jo DeWitt, Timothy (Wendi) Fournier, Kathryn Fournier; stepsons Arthur Kennedy (Nicole Eaton) and Jason Kennedy (Lisa Ebberspacher);...

Barbara "Barb" Bassamore

Barbara "Barb" Bassamore

Jul 23, 2025

Barbara E. Bassamore (Bale, formerly Burrington), of South Minneapolis, MN, passed away peacefully on July 23, 2025, at the age of 88.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene; son, Michael; great-grandson, Joseph Bentley; daughter-in-law, Wendy; mother, Gladys Jenke; and siblings David, Ray, Ted, and Ed Burrington, Bette Zwieg, and Dianne Winter.

Barbara is survived by her children: Clyde (Sue),...

Judy Chlebeck

Judy Chlebeck

Jul 23, 2025

Judy Chlebeck

Passed away peacefully on July 23, 2025, age 81. Preceded in death by grandson, Christian Boreen; and siblings, Richard, Iris, Paul, and Barb. Survived by husband of 61 years, Ron; and daughters, Donna (Steven) Boreen, and Denise Henderson; grandchildren, Nicholas (Ronnie),Angela (Blake), Dustin, Matthew (Allison), and Emily; and great-grandson, Cade. Judy is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Mass...

Gerry Bruckner

Gerry Bruckner

Jul 22, 2025

Gerry "Gary" Lawrence Bruckner, age 79 of St. Paul, MN, passed away peacefully, on July 22nd, 2025. He was born on February 6th, 1946 in St. Paul, MN.

Preceded in death by parents, Robert and Erna "Ruth" Bruckner and loving wife, Jean (Chirpich) Bruckner.

Survived by his daughters, Wendy (Chris) Kufner and Shelly (Kelly) Higgins; grandchildren, Amanda, Matthew, and Sarah Kufner and...

Rosemary Jane Cole

Rosemary Jane Cole

Jul 22, 2025

Rosemary Jane Cole (Bielinski) of Dayton, MN (previously of Minneapolis), passed

away peacefully on July 22, 2025. She was born on May 23, 1939.

Rosemary was born on May 23, 1939, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated from

Roosevelt High School in 1957. She worked at St. Mary’s Hospital, JC Penney Hi-Lake

and later worked for the Minneapolis public schools as everyone’s favorite lunch lady.

She...

Lowell Lindquist

Lowell Lindquist

Jul 21, 2025

Lowell Glen Lindquist, 73, of Nevis, MN died on July 21, 2025 at his home in Phoenix, AZ of complications from Parkinson's disease.

Lowell was born on June 6, 1952 to Glen and Virgiline (Brainard) Lindquist in Glenwood, MN. He grew up on a farm in Pennock, MN, attending country school until 7th grade and then New London-Spicer school, graduating...

Anthony Sandgren

Anthony Sandgren

Jul 20, 2025

Anthony "Tony" Sandgren

Age 57, passed away on July 20, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Preceded in death by his son, Matthew Sandgren; his father, Roger Sandgren; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaldahl, and Florence Kaldahl; and his in-laws, Elder and Sandra Miller.

Survived by wife, Dawn Sandgren; and son, Patrick Sandgren; mother, Alice (Bob) Nordling; brothers, Kevin Kaldahl and Eric...

Gloria Ophus

Gloria Ophus

Jul 20, 2025

Gloria was born May 8, 1946, in Crookston to parents Arthur and Martha Gagner.

She married her high school sweetheart Richard Ophus on October 16,1965 and built their home in Hugo to create lifelong memories with family and friends.

Gloria was a proud and loving mother to her three children: Mark (Kris), Tammy and Wade (Theresa). She was a devoted...

Jeff Hahn

Jeff Hahn

Jul 20, 2025

Jeffery David Hahn

Age 55 of Willernie MN passed away on July 20th 2025.

Jeff was born on July 22, 1969 in Saint Paul, adopted to Dave and Judy Hahn. Jeff graduated from East Central high school in 1987 and went on to many rewarding careers starting in Kansas City working for the airline moving back to Minnesota...

Mary Wells Krouse

Mary Wells Krouse

Jul 18, 2025

Beloved Wife, Mother, Sister, Nana, Aunt and Dear Friend

Age 68, Mary passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on July 18, 2025. 

Survived by husband of 45 years, Rushford (Bill) Krouse; son, James Krouse; daughter, Carrie Boogren (Dave Boogren) and granddaughter, Karianna. She is survived by many sisters and brothers, nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and many beloved friends. 

Mary...

Jonathan N. Angelo

Jonathan N. Angelo

Jul 18, 2025

Age 31, of Oakdale, passed away unexpectedly on July 18, 2025.

He will be sadly missed by mother, Jody (nee Racek); and father, Mark (Lara); paternal grandfather, Phil Angelo; and many other friends and family.

Jonathan was a talented, fun-loving, young man. He was rightly proud of his 4 years in the Marine Corps. Serving his country in the Marine Corps was...

Dorothy Fredricksen

Dorothy Fredricksen

Jul 18, 2025

Age 96, of Bayport, passed away July 18, 2025.

Preceded in death by her husband Ed of 68 years; parents; 2 sisters; daughter-in-law; and a great-grandson. 

Survived by children, Scott, Steve (Sue) and Cathy (Virgil) Carroll; 6 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren. 

The family extends a special thank you to all of Dorothy’s neighbors who watched after her over the years. 

A celebration...

Wallace "Wally" Bergerson

Wallace "Wally" Bergerson

Jul 17, 2025

Wally Bergerson, age 82, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025, at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, MN, with his loving daughters by his side.Wally was known for his private nature and quiet strength. He had been in and out of the hospital in June to address side effects (gross hematuria due to radiation cystitis) from cancer treatments he'd received...